For the most part the powerdowns are done.
We have 2 chains now and little information about roadmaps for the future.
How are you feeling about the future, are you going or are you staying?
While I love that there is such a lack of drama there is also a lack of engagement here.
It's hard to discuss on either chain without risking being cancelled, attacked or creating grudges, but I'd love to hear your unfiltered opinions.
Stop by "The Pulse" on discord and tell us how you really feel.
After all this time, my thoughts are pretty much the same as I shared in my own "IntroduceYourself" post in January 2017:
Just because this place is decentralized and "on the all-sacred blockchain" does not in ANY way exempt a venue like this from having to deal with the sketchier side of human nature.
Steem is something on the order of my 51st or 53rd involvement in some form of "reward users for content" venue, the first being in 1999. The evolution unfolds like clockwork, although often at different speeds, and slightly different outcomes... Enthusiasm, bumpy starts, explosive growth, exploitation, chaos, decay is pretty much the sequence.
The lesson is always the same: As soon as something becomes "worthwhile," the exploiters move in and drain that very same "worthwhile-ness," after which chaos and decay set in... sometimes the decay is rapid, sometimes it is slow.
Squidoo at one point made it as high as the 87th busiest web site on the planet (for reference, that's about like the main BBC or Fox News web sites) but eventually the constant attacks by hackers and bots trying to extract every fraction of a cent via automated scripts drove out tens of thousands of legitimate contributors which set the venue into a slow tailspin till is was acquired in a "rescue mission" my Maven Media (Hubpages) in 2014 and the format changed.
My reason for mentioning that is that not even size is a defense.
When you give people freedom, many will behave badly. And those who "behave badly" will drive out those who don't. In a weird sort of way, it's the psychological equivalent of Gresham's Law — in this case, it's not money we're talking about, but actors: Bad actors drive out good actors.
And that's how we've ended up having this conversation on your post... in a place where engagement has dropped to almost nothing.
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I agree that those who behave badly ruin it for the rest, community standards would have been a good thing to define.
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Your quote of gresham's law explains the current situation best.
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I wish it were not so, @glory7, I truly do.
The (psychological) dynamic is simple: The "good" people care about their surroundings and what they are involved with, and even their own reputations. So, when a bunch of abusers/scammers move in they think to themselves... "I'm not sure I want to be part of this anymore" and leave. The "bad" people only see an opportunity to be exploited and care not about other users, nor about the survivability of the venue, so they stay. In time, the entire landscape changes...
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I powered down after looking for something to hold on to until I was named a steem milker. Where we moved to, things are looking up for those up the food chain and the fear of holding on to something that will drop dead soon is eating on me. As someone who was looking into earning via decentralized shit, I must say the disappointment is overwhelming.
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I'm just stacking as much of either as I can won't be buying and if theres a good price pump I can move it on and get some sats, no real faith in these projects. concept was great execution shambolic, still hanging around because well nowhere else looks interesting
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Sad and disillusioned is how I feel. Still, I read and vote on both sites but somehow can't muster up the gumption to do much more.
Can either be made whole again? I think so, but don't even know how to begin
lol
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Wow, that sums it up well. I tried to get excited about Hive, but just couldn't feel it.
Here I post and answer my own comments, but have a hard time really feeling involved.
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I know there must be a way. You know how there is an idea or thought floating just on the periphery of your consciousness but it drifts to the side when you try to grasp it? Yeah, I'm there lol.
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The moment both chains start freezing funds they died.
I have some hive to sell and I'm out. Still lurking around but no skin in the game. Witnesses draining reward pool and selling on exchanges, Suns rival on hive earning with exchange and proposals.
Sheeple powering up.
Same old story.
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yeah, I'm not feeling great about "holding" or buying at this time
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